The strike is entering a third week with public support waning and the government refusing to budge.
Truckers dismantle the tents they used for striking in Daejeon, south of Seoul, South Korea, on December 9 2022. Picture: YONHAP VIA REUTERSSouth Korean truckers voted to end their strike on Friday as it entered a third week with public support waning and the government refusing to budge, saying the action had caused “astronomical” damage to the economy.
“The game is over. It is so sad that all we could do is stop our cars, but nothing has changed,” said Kang Myung-gil, a container truck driver who came back to work on Monday after a two-week walkout. But this time, the government rejected the union’s bid to expand minimum protections to other kinds of cargo, including oil tankers, package delivery trucks and auto carries, saying drivers were already well-paid. The government has said it would only extend the current wage programme for three more years.The difference was that Yoon took a harder line than in the first strike, and South Korean industries were willing to suffer short-term losses to keep operations running.
A major tyre manufacturer preemptively cleared factory space to store inventory in advance of the strike, a company official said, declining to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.
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